Re: [ROM][ZVJ][FINAL] 2.3.3 DanteRom v5 [UPDATE] 3/21/2014
Just wondering if someone running this rom can recommend a Hotspot app
As I mentioned
in an earlier post in this thread, you can use the free app,
WiFi Tether by Muller, Lemons, & Buxton. It only works in ad-hoc mode but that's fine as long as you're not using your phone as a hotspot for several people at once because ad hoc mode doesn't efficiently manage traffic.
I can confirm that both version 3.1-beta1 and 3.2-beta2 work well (without paying Sprint a monthly hotspot premium) as long as you make the following changes in the app's settings.
1) Select "Change Setup Method" and choose "WEXT (ad-hoc)".
2) Select "Device-Profile" and choose "Optimus S". (Actually, you can leave it on the default "Auto" but it's probably best to set it manually.)
I seem to recall trying Barnacle and lots of other free hotspot apps in hopes of finding one that worked in infrastructure (not ad hoc) mode but I couldn't find one that worked.
The not-free apps, PDANet+ and FoxFi (which was acquired by the same company) used to be available on the Play Store, and they enabled ifrastructure (not ad hoc) hotspot functionality, but those apps are no longer available from the Play Store for Optimus S owners (though I suspect that they would still work on the Optimus S if you could somehow install them and register them).